Time keeps moving forward, and old technologies like VHS tapes are fading away. Many of us have tapes full of family memories, but without a VCR, we can’t watch them anymore. These tapes are in danger ...

This article also appeared in the December 2014 issue of Consumer Reports magazine. Q. I need to convert my VCR tapes to DVDs. Can you recommend a device to do that?—Liss Lieberman, Bay Shore, NY A.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For those of you too young to remember, from the 1970s to the 1990s, the dominant format of home video was the Video Home System, better known ...

VHS tapes were a popular way to store home videos and movies for many years. Now, with technology advancing, many people want to keep these memories safe in a more durable and easy-to-access format.

Capturing memories on Mini VHS tapes was common before digital recording became widespread. These small tapes hold personal videos that can deteriorate over time, making it important to preserve them ...